Liquid DMSO has been investigated by means of X-ray and neutron diffraction, quantum-chemical calculations and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A new analytical all-atom pair potential for DMSO-DMSO interactions was developed from quantum-chemical calculations and employed in the simulations. The MD-derived total structure function agrees favourably with those obtained from the X-ray and neutron diffraction experiments. An analysis of the local structure shows a rather unstructured liquid with a slight preference for antiparallel ordering of the S-O dipoles.
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